The Final Fantasy Thread

neural said:
Anyone else planning to get the upcoming steam version of FF XV.

Apparently the game is quite intensive on PC resources. Some people suspect that GPU benchmark results indicate that a bunch of rendering bugs are present.

https://www.techspot.com/article/1569-final-fantasy-15-cpu-benchmark/
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Sounds about right.

When it comes to games that you can mod heavily or have native modding features ported to PC, a general rule I follow is that most of the heavier graphical frills will murder frame rate, and I'm happy to sacrifice most FPS punishing crap so long as the basic graphics, lights, and shadows are at least at or slightly above console quality.

The benchmark gave me decent scores in Fairly High to High regions when testing Standard and Lite settings (I don't have enough to run max quality setting and keep frame rates smooth, I know that much), and since I tend to play at fairly low resolutions with all the basic graphics setting optimized for best quality so I have some running room to mod games of this sort fairly extensively without causing my PC to die, I'd expect turning off certain FPS punishing graphics setting would be a given, and even a mix of Lite and Standard looks about or slightly above PS4 quality, and I'd be happy to settle for that to keep frame rate smooth.

Square-Enix doesn't tend to optimize game ports too well, but for the more conservative types willing to sacrifice a lot of the fancier PC specific graphics frills, this should provide fairly consistent above-average quality at smooth frames, but unless you can laugh off an extensively modded Fallout 4 with the High Res Pack and all game optimizations for frame rate removed, I'd forget about max settings.
 
GethN7 said:
Sounds about right.

When it comes to games that you can mod heavily or have native modding features ported to PC, a general rule I follow is that most of the heavier graphical frills will murder frame rate, and I'm happy to sacrifice most FPS punishing crap so long as the basic graphics, lights, and shadows are at least at or slightly above console quality.

The benchmark gave me decent scores in Fairly High to High regions when testing Standard and Lite settings (I don't have enough to run max quality setting and keep frame rates smooth, I know that much), and since I tend to play at fairly low resolutions with all the basic graphics setting optimized for best quality so I have some running room to mod games of this sort fairly extensively without causing my PC to die, I'd expect turning off certain FPS punishing graphics setting would be a given, and even a mix of Lite and Standard looks about or slightly above PS4 quality, and I'd be happy to settle for that to keep frame rate smooth.

Square-Enix doesn't tend to optimize game ports too well, but for the more conservative types willing to sacrifice a lot of the fancier PC specific graphics frills, this should provide fairly consistent above-average quality at smooth frames, but unless you can laugh off an extensively modded Fallout 4 with the High Res Pack and all game optimizations for frame rate removed, I'd forget about max settings.
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While I don't really mod games that much, I do aim for similar things with my graphics settings, mainly trying to optimize FPS/detail for the best visuals with the most steady +60 FPS performance.

Apparently bugs have been confirmed to exist in the benchmark, with further adjustments coming, though this is WCCFTech, so take it with a grain of salt:
https://wccftech.com/ffxv-windows-edition-benchmark-issues-settings
 
neural said:
Anyone else planning to get the upcoming steam version of FF XV.

Apparently the game is quite intensive on PC resources. Some people suspect that GPU benchmark results indicate that a bunch of rendering bugs are present.

https://www.techspot.com/article/1569-final-fantasy-15-cpu-benchmark/
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Square has a long tradition of poorly optimized ports and it doesnt help that besides that is killed by DRM, for example i have heard people in IRC talking about how much better pirated Assassin Creed origins run compared to the one you get on stores, i know, not the same company but is the same principle, probably is plagued by Denuvo, DRM has a heavy impact in benchmarks

I know piracy is not right but here you dont have any other way to play games
 
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I got FF XII Zodiac age in a PC sale, but I've never seriously played it, and am totally clueless as to which classes synch together the best in the job system (and for which characters...) Any hints?
 
Yo! Crystal Chronicles is getting an HD remaster! Listen to this and let that sweet nostalgia wash over you.
I thought I was done feeling emotions.
 
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So long as it has actual proper multiplayer I think it should do ok this time round. The sequels were better though.
 
Crystal Chronicles was a game I kinda wanted to play at some point when it initially came out, but I never did actually play it.

Might check it out this time.
 
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Dink Smallwood said:
Because that game sucked
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REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I fuckin' loved that game. fight me IRL!

Anyway it is cool that the Switch is getting FF games, that little console is a lifeline for me in my job which would otherwise involve sitting and doing nothing fort extremely long periods of time then writing a few words and pushing a button.
 
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Observers said:
4) Symbolism

I was an odd kid. no suprise there. When my friends were listening to popular music i was listening to Bach and reading about Renaissance art. And when i Played FF VI i noticed some things.

1) the final battle each stage of the final battle is a perversion of Divine commedy

in Hell, the Devil is s a great demon trapped in a ice like prison at the waist if you look at the kefka bottom tier it is the same image

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*not my words but i think it sums up the middle stage well*
"Purgatory was depicted as a place where those who had no sins, yet did not believe, were left to suffer outside of God's light for all eternity. This suites the middle quartet of enemies nicely:

A) Power, someone who feels that he makes his own fate and is not guided by God, and thus is lost.

B) Tiger, for those animals which defied God's will by attacking his chosen people, humans, yet who do not have the sentience to understand their crime.

C) Magic, for those who refute God in favor of some other deity they believe to be responsible for their abilities (presumably the Three Goddesses in FFVI).

D) Machine, for those who found a 'God in the Machine,' and thus lost sight of the true God."

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The third Tier is probably my favorit. Kefka is seen as a "Jesus like charecter" Total Mockery of the Pieta by Michelangelo dont believe me take a look :) The big difference is Jesus is suffering Kefka unlike Jesus is taking pure Joy in the pain of the world and others

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At the end of Dante's journey he meets God himself, who tells him the meaning of life. In this case, Kefka is God, and he informs us that life is meaningless. Kefka now plans to destroy the world and build a monument to non existence, Luckily you win lol
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As a Divine Comedy fanboy I don't know how I've never noticed it before. But it's def a perverted version of the Divine Comedy

Hat said:
Sorry if this is seen as a dumb question or whatnot, but I started playing Final Fantasy VI recently and I couldn't help but ask: "Why is Terra's hair green in-game but blonde in the opening?"
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I'm not sure about this but the reason I heard Terra (Tina) has green hair instead of blonde is that they wanted to make her a Celes easier to tell apart. I've seen pics of where people have colored her hair blonde and it does def make em a bit easy to get mixed up with the chibi art.

Think my only issue with 6 is also kind of a thing I like about it and that would be how derivative Kefka is of the Joker.

But it's still my fave one and I do think he's a pretty rad villain.
 
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Square Enix cancels Final Fantasy XV episodes as director quits company
Today, Square Enix hosted a livestream that was billed as a “Special Program” with exciting news about upcoming Final Fantasy XV content. But in an incredible plot twist worthy of the series itself, the news turned out to be inconceivably terrible: almost all of the DLC has been canceled, and game director Hajime Tabata has left the company altogether.

Square Enix had planned to continue the never-ending flow of Final Fantasy XV content all through 2019 with four DLC episodes centered on the characters Ardyn, Aranea, Lunafreya, and Noctis. Instead, only the Ardyn episode will be released — the other three have been abandoned. There’ll be a collaboration event with Final Fantasy XIV next month, and the Comrades multiplayer mode will also be spun out into a standalone game for PS4 and Xbox One.

Tabata’s departure is particularly surprising because he recently set up and took control of a new studio within Square Enix, Luminous Productions. Final Fantasy XV went through a famously troubled and protracted development, and Tabata is largely credited with turning the project around after taking over the directorial role from Tetsuya Nomura in 2014. The game was a critical and commercial success and has continued to be updated with new features, content, and versions.

“In regards to my next endeavors and near future, I have a project that I truly wish to solidify as my next challenge after FFXV,” Tabata said on the stream. “For that reason, I have decided to leave my current position and start my own business in order to achieve my goal. As production of Episode Ardyn continues and Luminous Productions works on new projects, I felt that it was time for me to hand over the torch to the next-generation group of talented and trustworthy colleagues and believe that they will create something amazing.”
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/8/18074522/final-fantasy-xv-dlc-canceled-tabata-quits-square-enix
 
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After mulling over the news at work, I'm not really bummed out anymore. Episode Ardyn is all I really wanted from the start.
 
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